The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
A LETTER has been published in Ottawa,
Ont, purporting to be from Attorney Gen.
eral Garland, dated January %, instructing
the Alaska authorities to discharge the
British sealers and stop further proceed
ings. The letter was written by order of
the President, but it's instructions were
never carried out. The matter has excited
much comment in Canada.
THE Empress of Germany has sent as
jubilee present to the Pope set Of ecclcsi-
astical vestmcnts made with her own
hands.
COLONEL HUGHEs-H -HALLETT, the British
member of Parliament accused of grave
scandals, has resigned.
PRINCE HoHENLoHE's appeal TO Russia
for exemption from the land ukase has
proved fruitless.
PRINCE BISMARCK has expressed his re-
grets 10 the French Government for the
shooting incident ut Raon-sur-P Plaine, by
which one French sportsman was killed
and another wounded by German cor
poral, who was under the impression they
were trespasslng on his country's terri
tory.
New YoRK Democrats, at Saratoga on
For Secretary of State, Frederick Cook /;
Comptroller, Edward Wemple; State
Treasurer, Lawrence }. Fitzgerald; Attor-
ney-General, Charles l.. Tabor; State En-
gineer, John Bogcrt.
MASSACHUSETTS Republicans, at Boston
on the 2Sth, rcnominatcd Oliver Ames for
Governor. }. Q. a. Bracket was nomi-
mated for Lieutenant Governor; Il. b.
Pierce for Secretary of State; Arson W.
Beard, for State Treasurer: Charles r..
Ladd, for Auditor, and A. J. Waterman, for
Attorney General.
WAR Department authorities state that
pressure will be brought TO bear upon Con
gress to secure the passage Of law which
shall in some way protect officers from in
discriminate court martial charges and in
juries arising therefrom.
THGHMASS, formerly American wee con-
sui in Berlin, has been arrested on charges
of having defrauded American and German
tradesmen.
THE Spanish Government has decided to
reduce Cuban duties on the neccssarIes OF
| life and articles used IN industries.
VOTING on the prohibition amendment
took place in Tennessee on the 29th. The
amendment was thought to be defeated by
about Is. 900 votes.
THE President has invited Hon. William j.
Putnam. of Maine, and President James Is.
Angel, of Michigan University, TO act with
the Secretary Of State in the negotiation
for a settlement with Great Britain Of the
disputes growing out Of the fisheries ques-
ton.
JENNY LIND, the once famous songstress,
" no has been dangerously i'll with paraly-
SIS, is reported recovering.
ApvICEs from Hawaii state that at the
election held September Il, all the mem
bers of the new House were elected on the
platform of the Reform party supporting
the new constitution and ministry.
/ DURING President Cleveland's absence
/ from Washington, Secretary Bayard will
/ be President pro tenn, thus putting IN force
! the Presidential Succession bill passed at
the last session of Congress.
| me President has appointed Alexander
| b. Webb. Of Missouri, to be United States
| Consul al Manila.
| JUDGE T. REA, of Minnesota, was elected
! Commander in Chief of the G. A. r. on the
| first ballot at st. Louis on the Both. Slo-
cum received l53, Anthony GG, Grier IS,
| Rea 294, Sherman |, and Warner, Of Kan
sas City, l.
THE President left Washington at ten a.
m on the Both in his special train on the
PENNSYLVANIA road. The party was received
with much enthusiasm by large numbers
of people who assembled at the various
railroad stations as the train slowed
through.
COLLECTOR MAGoNE thinks the objections
to Rev. Mr.. Warren landing under con-
tract TO preach are 'ridicu!o !ous,' the law
referring to laborcrs and not to profes-
CiCn1l mon